Washing-machine.



No. 764,730. PATENTED JULY 12, 1904. J. M. KING.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1904.

NO MODEL.

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PATENT Truce.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,730, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed January 18, 1904:. Serial No.189,474. (No model.)

To all 1077,0771, it 717/17 concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES M. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nebraska City, in the county of Otoe and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the followingis aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwashing -machines and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensiveone which will be light, strong, and durable, easily operated, andadapted to wash clothes and other fabrics without wearing or otherwiseinjuring the same.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention, the parts being arrangedin position for operation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe same, the washing-machine being folded. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview illustrating the manner of adjustably securing the pounder to theoperating mechanism.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates the hinged support, mounted on a bench 2 at one end thereofand connected with the same by pivot-bolts 3. The bench, which may be ofany desired construction, is preferably provided with folding legs 4:and 5, connected with the top of the bench by pivot-bolts. The legs areheld in position to prevent accidental folding by means of hooks 6 and7. The bench is adapted to receive a tub or receptacle for the clothesor other fabrics to be washed; but the hinged support may be mounted onany other means for holding a tub or receptacle. The hinged supportcarries a vertical pivot 8 and is composed of sides 9, a back 10, andupper and lower cross -pieces 11 and 12, which are pierced by thevertical pivot. The back of the support forms a shoulder for engagingthe rear end of the bench when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig.1, and the said support is locked in an upright position by means ofhooks 13, mounted on the bench and engaging headed studs 14 of thesupport. The headed studs are preferably formed by projecting screws;but any other means may be employed for holding the support in anupright position.

The pivot 8, which consists of a rod, extends above the support andreceives a horizontal-swinging frame 15, consisting of upper and lowerhorizontal bars 16 and an inner or rear connecting-bar 17, disposedvertically and riveted or otherwise secured to the bars 16 adjacent tothe rear ends thereof. The rear ends of the bar 16 are bent or coiledupon themselves to form eyes 18 for the reception of the pivot 8,whereby the-frame is adapted to swing horizontally. The support isprovided with a washer or bearingplate 19 to receive the pivoted frame,and the latter is secured on the pivot by means of a key 20, a washer 21being interposed between the key and the top of the frame. The key 20 isarranged in a perforation of the upper end of the vertical pivot 8. Thefront ends of the bar 16 are bent or coiled upon themselves to form eyes22, and secured therein by rivets or other suitable fastening devices isa vertical pintle 23. The pintle 23 receives a hinge member 24,consisting of a plate or piece bent centrally to form a vertical eye 25and extended therefrom to form two sides. The eye is arranged on thevertical pintle 23, and the sides of the hinge member have pivotedbetween them the inner ends of a pair of bars 26 and 27. The bars 26 and27 are pivoted within the hinge member by rivets 28 and 29 or othersuitable fastening devices, and the outer portions of the said bars 26and 27 are connected by an upright link 30, located at the outer end ofthe upper bar 26 and adjacent to the outer end of the'lower bar 27,which is extended slightly beyond the upper bar. The link 30 ispivotally connected with the upper and lower bars by bolts 31, havingheads con sisting of arms 32, which embrace and clamp the stem 33 of apounder 34. The stem of the pounder is provided with a plurality ofperforations 35, whereby the pounder is adjustably connected with theupper and lower bars 26 and 27. The extended end of the lower bar 27 isprovided with a handle 36, consisting, preferably, of a separate piecesecured to the said bar 27. The handle 36, which is preferablyconstructed of wood, is bolted or otherwise secured to the extended endof the bar 27.

Theinner ends of the bars 26 and 27 are connected with thehorizontallyswinging frame by a double-hinged joint which permits thesaid bars 26 and 27 to swing both vertically and horizontally, and thehorizontally-swinging frame enables the pounder to be readily moved todifferent portions of the tub or reeeptacle.

The pounder may be of any desired construction, and it is adapted whenthe bars 26 and 27 are oscillated vertically to force water through theclothes and other fabrics being washed, and it is adapted to effect theoperation of washing without wearing, tearing, or otherwise injuring thefabrics. After the operation of washing has been completed thewashing-machine may be folded, as shown in Fig. 2, the hinged supportbeing swung clownward to a horizontal position and the hinged framebeing arranged transversely of the bench. The longitudinal bars 26 and27 may then be compactly arranged against the support. The hingedsupport may, however, be mounted in any other desired manner.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a hinged foldable support provided with a verticalpivot extending longitudinally of the support and projecting therefrom,a horizontally-swinging frame mounted on the pivot and arranged to foldtransversely of the support, a pounder, and longitudinal bars connectedat their inner ends to the horizontallyswinging frame and at their outerends to the pounder and arranged to swing both vertically andhorizontally independently of the said swinging frame, said bars beingalso arranged tofold the pounder substantially longitudinally of thesupport,

substantially as described.

2. The combination of a support having a vertical pivot, ahorizontally-swinging frame composed of upper and lower horizontal barsprovided at their outer ends with eyes to receive the said verticalpivot and having eyes at their inner ends, a vertical bar connecting theupper and lower bars near the outer eyes, and a pivot fitted in theinner eyes, a hinge member consisting of a plate orpiece bent centrallyto form two sides, and a connectingeye, the latter being interposedbetween the inner eyes of the horizontally-swinging frame and receivingthe pivot fitted therein, upper and lower oscillatory bars pivoted attheir inner ends between the sides of the hinge member, and a pounderconnected with the outer portions" of the oscillatory bars,substantially as described. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. KING.

WVitnesses:

J NO. W. STEMHART, JNo. EGAN.

